Where does CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina ranks #1,998 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina hold?

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina holds 200 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's Innovation Score?

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina has an Innovation Score of 54.2 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina focus on?

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 72 patents, ranking #214 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's recent grant velocity is -61% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's patents?

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's patents average 17.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 200 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Commscope ranks #1,998 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 200 patents across 44 technology areas.

#1,998
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.2/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1998 · US Corporation #1,998 · 200 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 200 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,998/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dongguan Luxshare
CPC-WIDE G02B · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Commscope’s 54.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 18.3 pts (34%) Velocity 1.6 pts (3%) Breadth 23.5 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Artilux · near

54
CommScope of North… · this assignee

54
Hioki E E · near

54
Huntsman Petrochemical · near

54
Lytx · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Commscope's Innovation Score is 54.2/100 (top 8% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Commscope?

Each dot is one of Commscope’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Commscope’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Commscope vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Commscope's grants concentrate

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 36% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (38 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2023. By volume, Commscope sits between SMK Corporation and MegaChips Corporation.

Commscope's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina moved from 61 to 15 grants (0.25x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,044. See the growth leaderboard.

SMK

201
The Rockefeller U…

201
Valve

201
Wolfspeed

201
Dongguan Luxshare

200
Enevate

200
Linear Technology…

200
Megachips

200
Commscope of Nort… ◀

200

What this shows CommScope holds 200 patents at rank #1,998, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CommScope

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,998 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in CommScope's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CommScope, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), CommScope ranks #214 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Lytx, Inc. 54 Artilux, Inc. 54 Huntsman Petrochemical LLC 54 Hioki E.E. Corporation 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

Acronis International GmbH 17.9 avg Ballogy, Inc. 17.9 avg Imam Mohammad IBN Saud Islamic University 17.9 avg Toyota Research Institute, Inc. 17.9 avg

Commscope's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	38	19.0%
2016	26	13.0%
2017	37	18.5%
2018	22	11.0%
2019	20	10.0%
2020	29	14.5%
2021	12	6.0%
2022	11	5.5%
2023	4	2.0%
2025partial year	1	0.5%

Which technologies does CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 72

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 64

H04Q - Selecting 32

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 31

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 19

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

H04B - Transmission 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 12

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 12

H03F - Amplifiers 9

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 36% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #1,998 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina against SMK Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

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Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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